Regular readers may be imagine that we only eat pasta in this house, or at least eat it a lot (particularly with sausages in the sauce). This is, however, a misconception, and to prove it to you here is what we had for dinner tonight.
With it still being summer, I decided to make the beef and courgettes or zucchini (depending on your preference) meatballs from Julia Turshen’s Now and Again, with a couple of salads and some pitta breads on the side
The meatball mixture is very simple, containing beef mince, courgette, garlic, red onion, cumin and nigella seeds as the basic ingredients. They are topped with a tahini and lemon sauce for added flavour.
I made a tomato and sweetcorn salad topped with basil, and a cucumber and dill one, along with a bowl piled high with green leaves. There was some pitta bread on the side.
Verdict? Well, I have made these many times before (the page in the recipe book is testament to that)but not for ages (to be precise, April 2023) and they always go down well.
Also entered in Wednesday Words & Whimsy.
Thistles and Kiwis is a Wellington, New Zealand based blog written by Barbara, who likes cats, summer, good food and pretends to garden.
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You are an excellent food stylist!
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Oh thank you!
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Looks delicious! And I agree with reader Anne, that you are an excellent food stylist.
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome! Your vegetables always look so appetizing and healthy.
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They look tasty. Have you tried making burgers from the same mix for a change?
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Looks tasty. Have you made burgers from the same recipe, as a change?
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No but that is a good idea.
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Your recipe sounded similar to this one – https://www.hairybikers.com/recipes/view/mediterranean-beef-burgers – so it seemed an easy switch. Let me know if you try it.
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Yes – that does look similar and sounds good – will have to try.
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That looks and sounds delicious!
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Thanks!
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Looks delicious 😋
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Those salads look so good! And even though we are vegetarians,we do like meatballs. But ours are made with Beyond Beef.
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I started to reply and got distracted….my dear husband loves his meat but have often thought of sneaking in ‘fake meat’ to see if he would notice!
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Let us know if you do and what the reaction is.
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Well, I guess every meal can’t include pasta. Right? Well, let me think about that…
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🙂
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Those meatballs look so good! Yum!
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Yum, looks delicious!
PS – I love pasta too!
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I think pasta ranks up there with one of my all time favourite foods.
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This gets me thinking that zucchini could be used to lighten up any sort of meatballs.
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Yes I am sure it could.
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There’s just something about a meatball esp. a cute small one I find. I wonder why they are so appealing? :) These sound delicious! My faves are the German ones cooked in a lemon and caper sauce. I must make them again and I must make your version.
#WWWhimsy https://sherryspickings.blogspot.com/
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Your comment did get through…WordPress can play up quite often! Anyway, a lemon and caper sauce sounds wonderful.
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oh dear. I’m having trouble leaving a comment so I’ll try again. Just saying I love a meatball! #WWWhimsy https://sherryspickings.blogspot.com/
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YUM!!!!
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I love this type of food, and we have lots of zucchinis growing at the moment, so thanks for the lovely recipe.
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So simple and so tasty.
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I am trying again! I love meatballs! My comments just won’t go thru :( I seem to be in an edit page???? #WWWhimsy https://sherryspickings.blogspot.com/
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Looks delicious, Barbara and I have all the ingredients. I might give this a try. Thanks for sharing and BTW there’s nothing wrong with Pasta! x
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I love pasta…but realised most of the food pictures of things I make at home are…pasta 🙂
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If it tasted as good as it looks, it must have been delicious.
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They were very good even though I say so myself!
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Looks great. Simple but tasty summer food.
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Thanks!
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I don’t eat meat but this looks like something my partner would love so I’m going to give it a try. As usual your food photos are lovely
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Laurie suggested using one of those ‘fake meat’ minces.
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This food is delicious 😋
Anita
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Hello I like your site like mine back
Tim
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